Learning on ScreenPlutonium Dream
- Subtitle
- Dounreay: plutonium dream
- Synopsis
- Looks at the controversy over the UK fast breeder reactor at Dounreay on Scotland’s north coast. With early colour footage, traces the history of the plutonium-fuelled fast breeder reactor, and examines why local children have suffered from leukaemia, how the local environment has been contaminated with radioactivity, and how the nuclear industry has tried to contain public anxiety.
- Series
- Eleventh Hour, The: Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min.
- Year of production
- 1988
- Availability
- out of distribution
- Notes
- Broadcast on Channel 4 on 5 Dec 1988.
- Subjects
- Environmental science; Technology
- Keywords
- hazardous materials; nuclear power industries; nuclear reactors; plutonium
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
Channel Four Television
- Phone
- 071-396 4444
- Address
- LONDON
SW1P 2TX
Distributor
- Name
Edinburgh Film Workshop Trust
- Phone
- 0131 656 9123
- Notes
- closed down. Programmes now held in Amber archive
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